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Grundy County ARES/North Central Missouri Skywarn - Action Report for May, 29th 2004


Reported by: Glen - KB0RPJ

Deadly tornadoes pound area.

  1. Date of activity:
    • May. 29th 2004

  2. Description of activity:
    • Super Cell brings deadly torndoes to northwest missouri.

  3. Start Time:
    • 6:00 PM

  4. End Time:
    • 12:45 AM (5/30)

  5. Event Duration:
    • 6.75 Hours

  6. Areas Involved:
    • All Counties.

  7. Served agencies:
    • National Weather Service
    • Trenton Fire Department
    • Grundy County EOC
    • Daviess County EOC

  8. Describe Reports Sent to the served Agencies
    • Several reports of tornadoes, Along with reports of other types of violent weather were reported to the NWSFO in KC, and various EOC's in northern missouri

  9. Number of Amateurs participating
    • 7

  10. List Of Stations
      Call	County		City		Name	Hours 	Times on net 
      
    • KBØRPJ	Grundy		Trenton		Glen	6.00	600P-1245a
    • KBØYAS	Grundy		Trenton		Brad	6.00	619P-1219a
    • W7LN	Caldwell		Hamilton		Tom	4.00	600p-1000p
    • NØIMR	Buchanan		Easton		Dennis	1.50	730p-900p
    • KCØIBY	Daviess		Gallatin		Paul	1.00	850p-950p
    • KBØVMK	*mobile*		~Cameron		Jack	0.50	900p-930p
    • NWØB	Linn		Brookfield	jerry	1.00	908p-1008p

  11. Person-hours of amateur service
    • 20.0

  12. Estimated Person-Hours Cost ($10 per Person per hour)
    • $200

  13. List Number and Frequencies/Calls Of Repeaters Used
    • 1
      • K0MPT/R, Chillicothe Missouri

  14. General Summary Of Events
    • A long track, deadly super cell developed near smithville, and crawled to the north and northeast across the area, upwords of 20 tornadoes were reported from this storm. The strongest tornado was an F4 that hit east of weatherby, and killed 3 people. other tornadoes tracked near coffey and near spickard.

    Severe Weather Reports from this storm were:
    • Type	County	Location		Report					Source 		
    • Tornado	Daviess 	5NW Pattonsburg	         10:40pm 	
      Our net

    • Tornado	Harrison 	 7N Pattonsburg	         10:50pm 	
      moving NNW Our net

    • Tornado	Daviess 	4W Coffey	                   10:40pm 	
      just w of i-35 Our net

    • Tornado	Harrison 	9N Pattonsburg	         11:05pm 	
      hwy 69 blocked by debris Our net

    • Tornado	Daviess 	5E Coffey	             11:18pm 	
      torn moving ene Our net

    • Tornado	Harrison 	1W Melbourne	             11:38pm 	
      torn briefly down, moving N Our net

    • Tornado	Grundy 		4W Spickard	             11:46pm 	
      Debris seen flying in air. Our net

    • Tornado	Mercer 	        5NW Spickard	                   11:56pm 	
      torn lifting, wall cloud falling apart. Our net


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